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obama's attention. jessica yellin is traveling with the president. >> reporter: it was in thailand the president gave his first public remarks on the violence in israel and gaza standing by israel. >> there's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. so we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itself. >> reporter: and he put the onus on hamas to make peace possible. >> it starts with no more missiles being fired into israel's territory. >> reporter: but that's not the focus of this trip. less than two weeks after his re-election, he jetted halfway around the world to southeast asia. president obama says -- >> this is no accident. >> reporter: the trip is meant to strengthen trade and security alliances and counter balance china's growing influence. the dramatic highlight? a visit to myanmar, a country long under military rule. now undergoing a democratic transition. in a speech encouraging the nation's reforms, he used his own iden
obama's attention. jessica yellin is traveling with the president. >> reporter: it was in thailand the president gave his first public remarks on the violence in israel and gaza standing by israel. >> there's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. so we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itself. >> reporter: and he put the onus on hamas to make peace possible. >> it starts with no more...
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president obama on the ground in cambodia. the final stop on this three-nation tour of southeast asia. the centerpiece of this trip here is this visit to myanmar. the country formerly known as burma. >> he is the first sitting president to visit there. in a speech earlier this morning at the university of yangon the president offered a hand of friendship from the u.s., as long as the country continues on its path to democracy. cnn's jessica yellin is traveling with the president. she joins us live from yangon in myanmar. this was a historic visit. what has been the response there. >> hi, john. the response has been very warm. obviously the people we're seeing are people who want to come out and embrace the president's message. but he spoke here in this auditorium, at an historic site, to 1500 students and professionals. people who are pro-democracy, advocates, and regular citizens who just wanted to hear his message. he got a very warm reception here and the white house said that he was moved, as well, by the thousands of peop
president obama on the ground in cambodia. the final stop on this three-nation tour of southeast asia. the centerpiece of this trip here is this visit to myanmar. the country formerly known as burma. >> he is the first sitting president to visit there. in a speech earlier this morning at the university of yangon the president offered a hand of friendship from the u.s., as long as the country continues on its path to democracy. cnn's jessica yellin is traveling with the president. she...
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obama met with aung san suu kyi. once a political prisoner in myanmar, now a member of parliament and later spoke at the university of yangon. cnn's jessica yellen traveling with the president in myanmar, the country previously called burma. jessica, how was the president's speech received there? >> hey, christine. the president and the white house say the president was deeply moved, first of all, by the several thousand people who gathered along the streets here to greet him on his arrival for what you described as an historic first trip by a sitting president. and the reception here was, as you might expect, a very warm one. about 1500 people in this auditorium for the people who did turn up to see him. they were very smiling and pleased to see him. the president's message to this crowd and the leaders was to continue their move toward liberalization, an open society, toward democracy here in myanmar. he used his own history as an example, he said that sometimes democracy takes time, and nations have to evolve to a
obama met with aung san suu kyi. once a political prisoner in myanmar, now a member of parliament and later spoke at the university of yangon. cnn's jessica yellen traveling with the president in myanmar, the country previously called burma. jessica, how was the president's speech received there? >> hey, christine. the president and the white house say the president was deeply moved, first of all, by the several thousand people who gathered along the streets here to greet him on his...
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call now. >>> president obama tries to strengthen u.s. ties in asia. it's pfr a strategy to limit china's influence in the region. now the president is in cambodia at the historic visit to myanmar. in cambodia he is attending the rageal east asia summit. he also held what one aide calls a tense meeting with cambodia's prime minister. the focus was on the need to improve human rights. in myanmar the president urged the country to continue the reform movement that is underway there. he met with nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi and praised her for her prodemocracy activism. we get details from the trip from our dan rivers. >> reporter: president obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit myanmar formally after three years of intense engagement with the former military dictatorship. he dismissed criticism that the trip was in some ways premature saying that his presence there could be a catalyst for change. he held a highly symbolic meeting with the pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi at her residents. the house that had been her eff
call now. >>> president obama tries to strengthen u.s. ties in asia. it's pfr a strategy to limit china's influence in the region. now the president is in cambodia at the historic visit to myanmar. in cambodia he is attending the rageal east asia summit. he also held what one aide calls a tense meeting with cambodia's prime minister. the focus was on the need to improve human rights. in myanmar the president urged the country to continue the reform movement that is underway there. he...
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jill, exactly what is the obama administration doing right now? >> reporter: well, they're on the phone, wolf. the president is in asia. he is making telephone calls and practically every senior administration person is doing the same thing. president obama calling israel, prime minister netanyahu, and egypt three times to president morsi. and president clinton calling the egyptians three times. i looked at the list, egypt, turkey, qatar, the french, ban ki-moon. and the whole entire is to press any country with any influence on either side but especially with the palestinians with gaza to put the pressure on them to stop the fighting. >> egypt is clearly a key player. they have influence with hamas. what's the u.s. doing in its talks with the egyptian government? >> reporter: again, they're putting as much pressure on them as they can. and there is some pressure because after all, the united states gives egypt about $450 million every year. so here's one expert that we talked to. this is how he explained how the egyptians can use their influence.
jill, exactly what is the obama administration doing right now? >> reporter: well, they're on the phone, wolf. the president is in asia. he is making telephone calls and practically every senior administration person is doing the same thing. president obama calling israel, prime minister netanyahu, and egypt three times to president morsi. and president clinton calling the egyptians three times. i looked at the list, egypt, turkey, qatar, the french, ban ki-moon. and the whole entire is...
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president obama is on the last leg of his historic trip to asia. he arrived in cambodia just hours ago along with secretary of state hillary clinton to attend the east asian summit. just before that, president obama made history as the first sitting u.s. president to visit myanmar formerly known as burma. he praised the nation on one hand for making progress in trying to move past its repressive history, but he says there are still steps for it to take to reach full democratic reform. >> i stand before you today as president of the most powerful nation on earth but recognizing that once the color of my skin would have denied me the right to vote. and so that should give you some sense that if our country can transcend its differences, then yours can, too. every human being within these borders have a part of your nation's story and you should embrace that. >> president obama began his three-nation tour in thailand before going to myanmar and now cambodia. >>> okay. let's head back to gaza city. the media center came under attack by israeli forces.
president obama is on the last leg of his historic trip to asia. he arrived in cambodia just hours ago along with secretary of state hillary clinton to attend the east asian summit. just before that, president obama made history as the first sitting u.s. president to visit myanmar formerly known as burma. he praised the nation on one hand for making progress in trying to move past its repressive history, but he says there are still steps for it to take to reach full democratic reform. >>...
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to see how these talks resolve, but what we do know is that the united states is involved, president obama we have been told, even as he's in asia, has been calling both the prime minister of israel and the president of egypt to be updated and to give the u.s. point of view on all of this. but it is egypt who is taking the lead and all the u.s. and other officials are talking to the palestinians via the egyptians. >> christiane amanpour, appreciate it, we'll check in with you throughout the day and well into the night here on cnn. >>> ben wedeman was early on the scene of the strike that we witnessed earlier today. several hours today -- several hours earlier today on the media center, three rockets hitting a lower floor in that building according to israeli officials, killing one member of islamic jihad and palestinian sources on this side also verifying that. ben filed this report. take a look. >> reporter: about 3:20 in the afternoon we heard three large explosions. we saw a great big ball of flame coming out of the third floor. it appears to have been an israeli air strike. this is a b
to see how these talks resolve, but what we do know is that the united states is involved, president obama we have been told, even as he's in asia, has been calling both the prime minister of israel and the president of egypt to be updated and to give the u.s. point of view on all of this. but it is egypt who is taking the lead and all the u.s. and other officials are talking to the palestinians via the egyptians. >> christiane amanpour, appreciate it, we'll check in with you throughout...